Thomas Zhao Fengwu

Thomas Zhao Fengwu (; June 14, 1920 - August 15, 2005) was a Chinese Catholic prelate, verbist, bishop of Yanzhou, prisoner for faith. He was recognized as a legal bishop by both the Holy See and the government of the People's Republic of China. Zhao was proficient in German.

Biography Zhao was born in Jining, Shandong, on June 14, 1920, to a Catholic family. In 1939 he joined the Higher Seminary in Yanzhou (now Yanzhou District). On April 20, 1945, he was ordained a presbyterate. On May 18, 1993, in Jinan, he received the episcopal consecration from the hands of the anti-Bishop of Jinan and the chairman of the Catholic Patriotic Association Joseph Zhong Huaide. Co-Consecrators were the Apostolic prefect of Yiduxian Joseph Sun Zhibin and the coadjutor of the anti-bishop Zhoucun Joseph Ma Xuesheng. All three consecrators were ordained without the consent of the Pope and thus excommunicated.

Zhao was known for the fact that he spent most of his year riding his diocese by motorcycle, visiting diocese. During one such trip in 2005, he was found on a road near Tengzhou in severe condition and soon died. In the funeral mass, which took place on August 19, 2005, 600 people participated.